Tag: investing

It came as a surprise to most when Fitbit finally unveiled their financial numbers in their S-1. The company did over $700M in revenue last year (that's over 10M devices sold!) and maintained an EBITDA margin of close to 26%. It was even more surprising how well FIT was received by public market investors. Fitbit's stock… Continue reading The Bear Case on Fitbit→

Notation Capital, founded by former Betaworks folks, is a new pre-seed investment fund launched a couple of months ago. Notation Capital is attempting to institutionalize the round of funding that’s usually done by “Friends and Family”. With just an idea and a co-founder, one could actually raise up to $500K in exchange for 5% to… Continue reading The Emergence of “Pre-Seed” Capital→

For the last 12 to 18 months, the private technology market has seen sky high valuations and a significant disconnect from the public markets. Recently, much talked-about startup Slack raised $120M at a $1.12B valuation with just $1M in monthly revenue. My friend, Danny Crichton, wrote a really insightful piece on TechCrunch regarding this new… Continue reading Fundraising Acceleration as a Flawed Paradigm→